Chinese

Noun

人生

1. life (i.e. human life)

   人生的真諦 / 人生的真谛  ―  rénshēng de zhēndì  ―  the true meaning of life

   人生嘅真諦 / 人生嘅真谛 [Cantonese]  ―  jan⁴ sang¹ ge³ zan¹ dai³ [Jyutping]  ―  the true meaning of life

See also

• 生活 (shēnghuó)
• 生命 (shēngmìng)

Derived terms

Descendants

Japanese

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 人生 ‎(ȵiɪn ʃˠæŋ).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) じ​んせい [jíꜜǹsèè] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩnse̞ː]

Noun

人生 ‎(hiragana じんせい, romaji jinsei)

1. life

   それが人生 (じんせい)

   sore ga jinsei

   such is life

2. Literally, person's past. Used when speaking about the former life of a dead person.

Derived terms

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Noun

人生 • ‎(insaeng) ‎(hangeul 인생)

1. Hanja form^? of 인생, “life”.

Vietnamese

Noun

人生

1. Hán tự form of nhân sinh, “life”